How to Brew the BEST New England IPA [Ultimate Hazy IPA Tips & Recipe]

New England IPA, NEIPA, or Hazy IPA. No matter what you call it, knowing how to brew your own has some challenges. Today I take a look at my top tips for you to brew the best NEIPA possible an a simple step by step way. I'll also share my Hazy IPA recipe at the end!

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Recipe for 5.5 gals (20.8L):
-7 gals (26.5L) Water
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-40% Maris Otter [~4lbs]
-30% Pilsner [~3lbs]
-20% Wheat Malt [~2lbs]
-10% Flaked Oats [~1lb]
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- 1oz (~28g) Warrior @30 min
- 2oz (~52g) Motueka @ Whirpool
- 2oz (~52g) Simcoe @ Whirpool
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-WLP 067 Coastal Haze
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Mash @ 154ºF (~67.8ºC) for about 45 mins
Boil for about 30 mins
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Ferment around 67ºF (~19.4C) for 7 Days
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Original Gravity: 1.065
Final Gravity: 1.015
ABV: 6.5%
IBUs: ~50

0:00 Intro
0:27 Brew Your Best Hazy
1:35 Grains
3:05 Water
4:14 Mash
4:30 Hops
6:50 Yeast
7:34 Oxidation
10:33 Other Things
11:48 Sample Recipe

[MinnesotaFats]

Just got back from a trip and had some amazing neipas. Watching vids to psych me up to make a neipa this weekend. BruSho is my first stop!

[TheApartmentBrewer]

Nice pool! I think its a very personalized style that everyone really has a different opinion on about what tastes the best. I've found that I prefer NEIPAs that don't have any hops added during the boil since the whirlpool will still impart some perceived bitterness. Great overview of everything!

[ItsReck]

I keep a hazy on tap consistently. I dialed in the recipe I love and have just been changing the yeast every iteration and make note of the characteristics. So far my favorite oddly enough has been Safale K-97. Super impressed with that yeast for a hazy.

[TheBruSho]

If you’re about to brew a hazy let me know what hops you’ll be using! 🍻

[garyelderman]

Thanks much. Your opening description is so on point. I mostly like and brew lagers like Viennas and Pils. But the's the odd NEIPA that i find delicious. The hard part is finding a good place to start recipe wise. As for dry hopping I'll use the sous vide magnets to drop hops in a bag 1 by 1. Great video.

[johnsikking]

Love that ball glass. Recipe looks delicious, I will have to give this one a try.

[YouCanDoitHomebrewIt]

Love it m8👍Really brilliant explaining and a great video. Just waiting for my delivery of grains. Happy Homebrewing from Newcastle UK. Bri 🍺👍

[CranstonSnordd]

Great video dude. High quality content and camera work. I can tell you love this stuff.

[theronjclark]

you always give the best info..in the most understandable you

[michaelc]

great stuff. took me years to get to the same point, wish I had seen this video back then.

[rodrigochristoff]

Thanks for The tips about oxidation, Maybe The best video. I have a question, i understand about The cold crash, how you cool down Your beer, like.6 degrees per Day?

And whats your opinion about The aeration during The mash, for me have no sense because after we have The primary fermentation absorving The oxigen…. But i see a lot of peoples Talking about That.

And about the Flaked oats, some brewers says tha Contain mg And use malted oats.

[markbrown]

I did some experiments over the winter with NEIPAs and concerning yeast- Coastal Haze was my #2 choice. Cosmic Punch by Omega was my favorite.

[Nusbizz]

Spot on vid. I personally still dry hop, purging headspace with co2 and works well. At first I made mistakes transferring to a keg where I only purged gas a couple times by blowing off co2. I’ve found the filling with sani and displacing with co2 trick works well. So sad to lose a great beer to oxidation lol. Cheers! Great content.

[LeeOfBent]

Looks great! I'm gonna try this recipe out for my next batch. Love your videos, I always learn something new, be it new (to me) equipment or recipes. Thanks for sharing!

[candiceregina]

S-33 is a great dry yeast option for NEIPAs. It’s a ferry fruity compliment to citrus forward hops. I usually do El Dorado/Rakau/Motueka and I recently kegged a Mistral/Rakau/ Topaz NEIPA

[d.jensen]

Thanks for the Video. What I do is to Ferment under pressure with kveik . 7-8 PSI. Then do the transport to the keg with co2 where I also do the dry hop with a hop sock. Every day once for 4 days I roll the keg for 2 minuttes. After the 4 days the beer get transportet to a clean co2 filled keg with co2 pressure. Never get in touch with O2. I will try a batch with wirlpool addition instead of dryhop. Thanks again.

[AreYouFor]

I use all my hops in the whirlpool. I love using Voss Kveik for an added orange citrus note too. I dry hopped once but I didn't like the flavor it added. Sticking to just whirlpool from now on.

[ytuser]

Fantastic job and possibly awesome beer! :)

[RegicideBrewing]

Trent, as usual, your videos are amazing and help out brewers such as myself. I actually have a NEIPA planned for my next batch, and this video has great advice. I didn’t think to do a closed transfer. I am also not clear about dry hopping. Most recipes online seem to be doing a lot of dry hopping. Do you just recommend doing just a hopstand? I have a recipe I’ve crafted that calls for 4 days and 10 days of dry hopping. This being my first NEIPA, I don’t want to accidentally create hop burn. Please help and cheers!

[colin_g]

I tried a super hop heavy recipe, with whirlpool and 8oz of dry hopping. The hop burn was real, but I decided to leave the beer alone for another week or two in the pressurized keg, and sure enough it mellowed out to a super aromatic, flavorful beer!